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Kesha
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Kesha Records
Pop/Rock
The singer's first album on her own Kesha Records is a giddy, cathartic declaration of creative and personal freedom.
- Matt Collar
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Kae Tempest
Self Titled
Island
Rap, Pop/Rock
The London rapper's mid-career sea change finds solid ground on his intimate fifth album.
- Timothy Monger
Landscape From Memory
Rival Consoles
Landscape From Memory
Erased Tapes Records
Electronic, Pop/Rock
For his ninth album, electronic musician Ryan Lee West finds new inspiration by creating outside of his usual studio environment.
- Paul Simpson
The Past Is a Garden I Never Fed
The Reds, Pinks & Purples
The Past Is a Garden I Never Fed
Fire Records
Pop/Rock
Various online-only singles and stand-alone tracks from this fuzzy indie project are collected into a nicely flowing album format.
- Fred Thomas
Johannes Brahms: Piano Quartets Nos. 2 & 3
Katarzyna Budnik-Galazka / Maria Nowak / Yuya Okamoto / Krystian Zimerman
Johannes Brahms: Piano Quartets Nos. 2 & 3
Deutsche Grammophon
Classical
Piano-led Brahms quartets catch the personalities of the lesser-heard Second and Third.
- James Manheim
Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II
Aaron Pilsan
Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II
Alpha
Classical
A bold new pianistic approach to the well-trodden Well-Tempered Clavier.
- James Manheim
Beethoven & Lentz
Arabella Steinbacher / Gustavo Gimeno / Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg
Beethoven & Lentz
PentaTone Classics
Classical
Beethoven's violin concerto paired with a unique work by an Outback-inspired composer.
- James Manheim
Édouard Lalo: Le Roi d'Ys
György Vashegyi
Édouard Lalo: Le Roi d'Ys
Palazzetto Bru Zane
Classical
A fresh recording of Lalo's underrated opera brings fine singers and energy throughout.
- James Manheim

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Parachutes
July 10, 2000
Alternative Pop/Rock
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